Editorial Comment

At the end of this week we hope that many of you will be joining us in Carmarthen to BANG THE DRUM FOR FAIR TRADE at our annual Fair Trade conference. The conference celebrates in style Wales’ first anniversary as the world’s first Fair Trade Nation with a host of activities including:

• A special video welcome from Harry Hill (the face of Liberation Fairtrade nuts)
• A live satellite link up with a Fairtrade farmer co-operative
• A talk from Zaytoun - the Palestinian Fair Trade olive oil project
• A delicious Fair Trade and local lunch
• An afternoon ‘world café’ discussion
• A host of workshops on everything from trade justice to community linking between Wales and Africa and a Fair Trade craft workshop including a live demonstration.
• A special children's area (suitable for under 16's) with workshops and activities - including a fairtrade football game and craft area for younger ones
• Live music and craft demo's

The conference is on 6th June but if you haven’t already booked it’s not too late! Please follow the link to download your conference booking form www.fairtradewales.com

Fair Trade News

Pledge for Fair Trade – European Elections

The Fair Trade Advocacy Office has launched the ‘Pledge for Fair Trade’ campaign, with the involvement of Fair Trade movement actors across the EU. Its main objective is to call on candidates running for the European Parliament elections to support Fair Trade and marginalised producers and poor workers in the South, if elected.

Candidates across the European Union, are being asked to make the pledge. A number of current Members of the European Parliament have already made the pledge and explained their specific reasons why they glad to do so at www.fairtrade-advocacy.org/pledge.  

To read the text of the pledge click here...

Sainsburys sources coffee from war torn Congo

The Fairtrade movement's drive to source more goods from conflict zones has led to the first gourmet coffee being ordered from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

Some 1,300 farmers in the Sopacdi co-operative from the troubled Lake Kuvu region in the east of the country will supply Sainsbury's with Fairtrade coffee. The area, near the Rwandan border, gained notoriety 15 years ago when bodies from the Rwandan genocide were dumped there.

For more information visit http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/25/sainsburys-coffee-fair-trade-congo

New report launched by the Environmental Justice Foundation on the corrupt cotton industry in Uzbekistan

Cotton production in the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan remains one of the most exploitative enterprises in the world. The Government of Uzbekistan routinely and forcibly conscripts hundreds of thousands of children as labourers to harvest the country’s annual cotton crop with benefits accruing to the Government rather than children or their families. Children as young as ten years old are dispatched to the cotton fields for two months each year, missing out on their education and jeopardizing their future prospects and facing exposure to harsh and potentially fatal conditions.

Read the full report or watch ‘White Gold’ here http://www.ejfoundation.org/page141.html

News from Uganda

John Harrington is a volunteer from Newtown in Powys. John is currently in Mbale in Uganda with Gumutindo, a Fair Trade Co-operative. He is working with them in a number of ways including organisational development, governance issues and supporting the staff team.

John is going to keep in contact with us regularly with his experiences at the Co-operative. His updates will be available to access online at:

Fairtrade Groups News

Well done to Denbigh for achieving Fairtrade town status and to Carmarthenshire for achieving Fairtrade County status. Well done to everyone involved in the campaign, thank you for all your hard work and helping to keep Wales as the leading the way for Fair Trade!

Fairtrade Product of the Month

Hi, my name is Jim Harle and I am a member of Neath/Port Talbot Fairtrade Steering Group.

This is the first ‘Jim’s Hot Tip’. This ‘feature’ is all about sharing exciting Fairtrade food news: bargains and offers, new products on the market, new or newly discovered retailers etc. As a steering group member I think it very important that people know how affordable and accessible fairtrade really is. At the same time I would like to highlight the importance of supporting smaller/independent FT retailers.Anyone is welcome to email me with any tips: offers, tasty products/reviews, links to retailers/cafes etc. Please send these to: nptftsg@hotmail.co.uk (FAO: Jim).

Check out these amazing top tips...

Take Action

Influence the European Parliament!

Join in the Fair Trade Advocacy offices campaign and lobby your MEP to make a commitment to Fair Trade in EU policy and to consider the needs of people in developing countries when making decisions.

Schools News

Coming up… children are welcome to come to the National Conference for Fair Trade Wales on the 6th June, where we’ll be having a Fair Trade Song workshop, Fair Trade Football matches, Fair Trade Tug of War, Badge Making, video links and much more.

School of the Month

Congratulations to Hafren School who are the first Fairtrade School in Monmouthshire! They receive the School of the Month award for their strong curriculum links to Fair Trade throughout their Fair Trade learning, and for the active role the pupils took in writing to their LEA requesting Fair Trade School meals, see here. 

We are still looking for the first Fairtrade School in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Carmathenshire, Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Swansea and Torfaen. Trophies are available to the First Fairtrade Schools in these counties! If you live in one of these counties, or know of schools in the area, why not encourage them to go for the trophy! Click here to see how towns and schools can link!

Congratulations to Powys, the county with the most number of Fairtrade Schools!

School Assessor Training

The Fairtrade Foundation is looking for assessors for the Fairtrade Schools award. Assessors receive evidence from schools, via an online system, and assess against the award criteria. In order to be an assessor you need to have some knowledge of Fairtrade and access to the internet. Assessors are asked to commit a minimum of two hours a week, which can be worked at any time, from anywhere. This is a voluntary position, without which the scheme could not function. It is an excellent way of contributing to the work of the Foundation with schools. There is a training day for new assessors on Wednesday 10th June at the Fairtrade Foundation in London, where you will have the chance to meet existing assessors and to meet the Executive Director of the Foundation, Harriet Lamb. If you are interested in attending please contact Joanna Brightwell on 020 7440 7621 by Thursday 4th June. (please note reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed)

Helpful Info for Fair Trade Groups

Fairtrade Towns Yahoo discussion group

Do you need information or advice from someone who has been there and done it? The Fairtrade Towns discussion group is a forum for anyone involved in the Fairtrade Towns movement across the UK. It is a great way to contact fellow campaigners and share information and experiences.

Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairtradeTown/ to sign up.

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Sylw golygyddol

Ar ddiwedd yr wythnos hon gobeithiwn y bydd llawer ohonoch yn ymuno â ni yng Nghaerfyrddin i GURO’R DRWM DROS FASNACH DEG yn ein cynhadledd Masnach Deg flynyddol. Mae’r gynhadledd yn dathlu mewn steil ben-blwydd cyntaf Cymru fel Cenedl Fasnach Deg gyntaf y byd gyda llu o weithgareddau’n cynnwys:

• Croeso fideo arbennig oddi wrth Harry Hill (wyneb cnau Liberation Masnach Deg)
• Cyswllt lloeren byw gyda chwmni cydweithredol ffermwyr Masnach Deg
• Sgwrs o Zaytoun - prosiect olew olewydd Masnach Deg ym Mhalestina.
• Cinio blasus Masnach Deg a lleol
• Prynhawn o drafodaeth ‘bwyty’r byd’
• Llu o weithdai ar bopeth o gyfiawnder masnach i gysylltu cymunedol rhwng Cymru ac Affrica a gweithdy crefft Masnach Deg gan gynnwys arddangosiad byw.
• Man arbennig i blant (addas i blant o dan 16oed), gweithdai a gweithgareddau – gan gynnwys gêm pêl-droed Masnach Deg ac ardal crefft ar gyfer y rhai iau.
• Cerddoriaeth fyw ac arddangosfeydd crefft

Cynhelir y gynhadledd ar 6ed Mehefin ond os nad ydych wedi archebu lle eisoes dyw hi ddim yn rhy hwyr! Dilynwch y ddolen i lawr lwytho’ch ffurflen archebu ar gyfer y gynhadledd o  www.fairtradewales.com

Newyddion Masnach Deg

Addewid Masnach Deg – Etholiadau Ewrop

The Fair Trade Advocacy Office has launched the ‘Pledge for Fair Trade’ campaign, with the involvement of Fair Trade movement actors across the EU. Its main objective is to call on candidates running for the European Parliament Mae Swyddfa Eiriolaeth Masnach Deg wedi lansio ymgyrch ‘Addewid Masnach Deg’ sy’n cynnwys pawb sy’n  gweithio dros Fasnach Deg ar draws yr Undeb Ewropeaidd. Ei brif amcan yw galw ar bob ymgeisydd sy’n sefyll yn etholiadau Senedd Ewrop i gefnogi Masnach Deg a chynhyrchwyr ymylol a gweithwyr tlawd yn y De, pe bydden nhw’n cael eu hethol.

Gofynnir i ymgeiswyr ledled yr Undeb Ewropeaidd wneud yr addewid. Mae nifer o Aelodau presennol Senedd Ewrop eisoes wedi gwneud yr addewid ac wedi egluro’u rhesymau penodol pam y maen nhw’n falch o wneud hynny ar www.fairtrade-advocacy.org/pledge.

Sainsbury yn ffynonellu coffi o’r Congo lle mae rhyfel gwaedlyd

Mae ymgyrch Masnach Deg i ffynnonellu mwy o nwyddau o fannau sy’n rhyfela wedi arwain at archebu’r coffi gourmet cyntaf o Weriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo sy'n dioddef rhyfel.

Bydd 1,300 o ffermwyr cwmni cydweithredol Sopacdi yn ardal anesmwyth Llyn Kuvu yn nwyrain y wlad yn cyflenwi Sainsbury gyda choffi Masnach Deg. Cafodd yr ardal, ar y ffin gyda Rwanda, enw drwg 15 mlynedd yn ôl pan bentyrrwyd cyrff o hil-laddiad Rwanda yno.

Am fwy o wybodaeth, ymwelwch â http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/25/sainsburys-coffee-fair-trade-congo

Lansio adroddiad newydd gan y Sefydliad Cyfiawnder Amgylcheddol ar ddiwydiant cotwm llwgr Uzbekistan

Mae cynhyrchu cotwm yng Ngweriniaeth Uzbekistan yn Asia Ganol yn dal yn un o’r mentrau sy’n drwg elwa fwyaf yn y byd. Mae Llywodraeth Uzbekistan yn gorfodi, a hynny’n dreisgar, gannoedd o filoedd o blant i lafurio i gynaeafu cnwd cotwm y wlad bob blwyddyn gyda’r manteision yn mynd i’r Llywodraeth yn hytrach nag i’r plant neu’u teuluoedd. Mae plant mor ifanc â deng mlwydd oed yn cael eu hel i’r meysydd cotwm am ddau fis bob blwyddyn, gan amharu ar eu haddysg a pheryglu’u rhagolygon ar gyfer y dyfodol, a’u gorfodi i fyw o dan amodau caled ac, yn aml, angheuol.

Darllenwch yr adroddiad llawn neu gwyliwch ‘White gold’ yma http://www.ejfoundation.org/page141.html

Newyddion o Uganda

Mae John Harrington yn wirfoddolwr o’r Drenewydd ym Mhowys. Ar hyn o bryd mae John ym Mbale yn Uganda gyda Gumutindo, Cwmni Cydweithredol Masnach Deg. Mae'n gweithio gyda’r cwmni mewn sawl ffordd gan gynnwys datblygu cyfundrefnau, materion trefniadaeth lywodraethol a chefnogi staff y tîm.

Bydd John yn cadw mewn cysylltiad yn rheolaidd gyda ni ac yn sôn am ei brofiadau gyda'r Cwmni Cydweithredol. Mae ei brofiadau diweddaraf ar gael ar lein ar

Newyddion Grwpiau Masnach Deg

Da iawn Dinbych am gyrraedd statws tref Fasnach Deg a Sir Gaerfyrddin ar gyrraedd statws Sir Masnach Deg. Da iawn bawb a gymerodd ran yn yr ymgyrch a diolch i chi am eich holl waith caled ac am helpu i gadw Cymru i arwain y ffordd at Fasnach Deg!

Cynnyrch Masnach Deg y mis

Hi, fy enw i yw Jim Harle ac rwy’n aelod o Grwp Llywio Masnach Deg Nedd / Port Talbot.

Dyma ‘Awgrym awchus’ cyntaf Jim. Mae’r cyfan o’r ‘stori’ ynghylch rhannu newyddion cyffrous am Fasnach Deg, yn fwyd bargeinion a chynigion, cynnyrch newydd ar y farchnad, mân-werthwyr newydd neu newydd eu darganfod ayb. Fel aelod o’r grwp llywio ryw’n meddwl ei fod yn bwysig fod pobl yn gwybod pa mor fforddiadwy a hawdd eu cael y mae cynnyrch Masnach Deg mewn gwirionedd. Ar yr un pryd, hoffwn danlinellu’r pwysigrwydd o gefnogi mânwerthwyr Masnach Deg llai ac annibynnol.Mae croeso i bawb fy e-bostio gydag unrhyw awgrymiadau: cynigion, cynnyrch blasus / adolygiadau, cysylltiadau gyda mân-werthwyr / caffis ayb. Anfonwch y rhain at: nptftsg@hotmail.co.uk (At sylw: Jim).

Edrychwch ar y rhain...

Gweithredwch

Dylanwadwch ar Senedd Ewrop!

Ymunwch ag ymgyrch swyddfeydd Eiriolaeth Masnach Deg a lobio’ch Aelod Senedd Ewrop i ymrwymo polisi’r Undeb Ewropeaidd i Fasnach Deg ac ystyried anghenion pobl mewn gwledydd sy’n datblygu wrth gymryd penderfyniadau.

Newyddion Ysgolion

Ar ddod…. mae croeso i blant ddod i Gynhadledd Genedlaethol Cymru Masnach Deg ar 6 Mehefin lle byddwn yn cynnal gweithdy Cân Masnach Deg, gemau pêl-droed Masnach Deg, Tynnu Torch Masnach Deg, Gwneud Bathodynnau, dolenni fideo a llawer mwy.

Ysgol y Mis

Llongyfarchiadau i Ysgol Hafren ar ddod yr Ysgol Masnach Deg Gyntaf yn Sir Fynwy! Bydd yn derbyn gwobr Ysgol y Mis am y cyswllt cryf yn y cwricwlwm i Fasnach Deg, drwy ei dysgu Masnach Deg ac am waith dyfal y disgyblion yn ysgrifennu at eu Hawdurdod Addysg Lleol yn gofyn am brydau ysgol Masnach Deg, gweler yma.  

Rydym yn dal i chwilio am yr Ysgol Masnach Deg gyntaf ym Mlaenau Gwent, Caerffili, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Conwy, Sir Ddinbych, Gwynedd. Castell-nedd Port Talbot, Sir Benfro, Abertawe a Thorfaen.  Mae tlysau ar gael i Ysgolion Masnach Deg yn y siroedd hyn.  Os ydych yn byw yn un o’r siroedd hyn, neu’n gwybod am ysgolion yn yr ardal, pam na wnewch eu hannog i fynd am y tlws! Cliciwch yma i weld sut y gall trefi ac ysgolion gysylltu!

Hyfforddiant Asesydd Ysgolion

Mae Sefydliad Masnach Deg yn chwilio am aseswyr ar gyfer gwobr Ysgolion Masnach Deg.  Mae aseswyr yn derbyn tystiolaeth oddi wrth ysgolion trwy system ar lein ac yn eu hasesu yn erbyn meini prawf y wobr. Er mwyn bod yn asesydd mae’n rhaid i chi fod â rhywfaint o wybodaeth am Fasnach Deg a gallu defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd. Gofynnir i aseswyr ymrwymo i leiafswm o ddwy awr yr wythnos, ar unrhyw adeg, yn unrhyw le. Swydd wirfoddol yw hon a hebddi ni allai’r cynllun gweithredu. Mae’n ffordd ardderchog o gyfrannu at waith y Sefydliad gydag ysgolion. Cynhelir diwrnod hyfforddi aseswyr newydd ddydd Mercher 10 Mehefin yn Sefydliad Masnach Deg yn Llundain ble cewch gyfle i gymysgu ag aseswyr presennol a chyfarfod Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol y Sefydliad, Harriet Lamb. Os ydych â diddordeb mewn mynychu cysylltwch â Joanna Brightwell ar 020 7440 7621 erbyn dydd Mawrth 2 Mehefin. (noder y telir treuliau teithio rhesymol)

Mae Cymru Masnach Deg yn bwriadu cynnal dyddiau hyfforddi aseswyr tebyg ledled Cymru, ond bydd y diwrnod yn Llundain yn gyfle unigryw i gyfarfod â Harriet Lamb ac ymweld â Phencadlys Sefydliad Masnach Deg. Os hoffech ddod yn Asesydd Ysgolion Masnach Deg ond nad ydych yn gallu mynd i Lundain, cysylltwch â danielle@fairtradewales.com sy’n cadw rhestr o’r rhai sydd â diddordeb yn y dyddiau Hyfforddiant Asesydd yng Nghymru (manylion i'w cadarnhau).

Gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol i grwpiau Masnach Deg

Grŵp trafod Yahoo Trefi Masnach Deg

Ydych chi angen gwybodaeth neu gyngor oddi wrth rywun sydd wedi bod ym mhobman ac wedi gwneud popeth? Mae grŵp trafod Trefi Masnach Deg yn fforwm ar gyfer unrhyw un sydd â rhan ym mudiad Trefi Masnach Deg  ledled y DU. Mae’n ffordd wych o gysylltu â chyd ymgyrchwyr a rhannu gwybodaeth a phrofiadau.

Ymwelwch â http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairtradeTown/ i lofnodi.

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